diastolic pressure
- n the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood
diastrophism
- n the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust
diapir
- n a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
diapsid
- n reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye